Jacob, after hearing Captain Free Sword's words, knew he was out of the wood about his true background. However, this didn't mean the water was under the bridge, not by a long shot.
Now that it was quite clear that he was not a Faery Human, which aroused Captain Free Sword's interest in the first place. This again brings them back to the fact why Captain Free Sword captured Jacob and what he wanted from him.
Captain Free Sword then asked another question, "How do you acquire your Honorary Badge then?"
"I had killed the Ruler of Dark Beings in the Rare Plains and stopped their invasion," Jacob stated the ambiguous truth again.
Another reason for Captain Free Sword's interest in him was his Honorary status as well, and by his reaction, Jacob could guess that this status was quite a big deal among the living beings.
"How noble of you. It seemed I owe you an apology for taking you for something else entirely despite your honesty. You see, I've been having some trust issues with people recently." Captain Free Sword sighed ruefully, "Anyway, that Slave Rune was quite expensive, and even your life isn't enough to repay for that, so I won't be taking it back. But I'll give you a chance to buy your freedom."
Then he looked at Masha and commanded, "Give him full control."
Masha also appeared quite dissatisfied since she was so motivated because she thought Jacob was a Faery Human, but he turned out to be just an ant of Common Plains who got lucky.
Still, she does as she was told, "You can move and speak freely now."
Jacob was finally able to feel his body and looked at Captain Free Sword and lowered his head while saying respectfully, "Thank you."
Captain Free Sword chuckled, "As I said, I'm not an unreasonable person, and since it was my fault this time, I'll give you a full shot at buying back your freedom."
"I'll do anything." Jacob nodded.
"Very good. I don't know how someone from the Common Plains can achieve power like yours. But I'm pretty sure it might have something to do with the way you look and your connection to a terrifying race.
"But since you're not one of them, I'm not interested in it in the least bit. So, this brings us to the reason why I even bother to use a teleportation beam to take your puny ship to this place.
"I'll be straightforward with you, we are from the Unique Plains and want to return. However, unlike the ocean routes between Common, Rare, and Epic Plains, the ocean routes leading toward the Unique Plains are very special.
"All you need to know right now is we can't travel to the Unique Plains as you can do with the three plains with some marked maps. We need something called a Unique Star Ocean Medallion, and only then can we set sails toward the Unique Plains, or we won't even know how we all die.
"That's why you are here, Mr. King. All I wanted was for you to be our spokesperson in the Epic Plains in exchange for very lucrative rewards for you and whoever helps us in the Epic Plains.
"We can't contact or even enter the Plain Boundary, nor can we connect with the Epic Rank Star Network here because we are not supposed to be here, so that's why we needed a spokesperson.
"But as you know, we met with some misunderstanding, and now all I can offer you is freedom as long as you help us in this venture. Now that you know the situation, what do you think?"
Captain Free Sword calmly asked despite knowing what Jacob's response should be. He had already noticed that Jacob didn't want to die, so this made him a perfect puppet to control as long as he held Jacob's lifeline in his hand.
Even if they haven't had that misunderstanding, Captain Free Sword won't be just sending Jacob away without any assurance like the Slave Rune. However, it won't be that excessive, at least.
Because they had many other ways to control an epic and were less expensive, the Slave Rune was something made for a Unique, and its materials were really not cheap as all of them were Unique Grade.
Despite Captain Free Sword's massive wealth, which he had plundered all his life as a Star Pirate, he was a very stingy and ruthless person and did not suffer losses so easily.
On the other hand, Jacob was astonished when he heard that unexpected information and realization dawn upon him. He finally understood how and why these Uniques were wandering so close to the Epic Plains.
Encountering Jacob was nothing but a terrible coincidence, and they seemed to have no other choice but to grab someone from the epic plains and make them do their bidding, and Jacob was the one who drew the short straw.
Nevertheless, this was Jacob's chance to get away from them and then figure out how to get rid of that Slave Rune. It might be impossible for others, but for him, it was just a matter of time and resources.
He wasn't fully under Slave Rune's control, to begin with, and also knew how to make it go away. But Captain Free Sword didn't know that, or he won't be taking this all so lightly.
Jacob pretended to be surprised before he asked, "As I mentioned before, I don't want to die, and I don't blame anyone for what happened. I'm willing to do this for my freedom. Where can I find this Unique Star Ocean Medallion?"
Captain Free Sword grinned maliciously as he said, "I'm afraid you alone won't be enough because the Unique Star Ocean Medallion can only be acquired from one place in the entire Epic Plains, and that is the Epic Champion Ship!"
Jacob's eyes widened slightly as he wasn't expected this at all, but Captain Free Sword clearly wasn't pulling his leg because he didn't need to lie to an ant-like him!